Attorney General Confirmation Hearing, Day 1 Part 1

2017-01-10T20:00:58-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/e97/20170110101704003_hd.jpgSenator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be attorney general in the Donald Trump administration. He was introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Richard Shelby (R-AL). Committee members in this first portion questioned him on such issues as marijuana legalization, the Fair Sentencing Act, government surveillance and interrogation techniques. Of interrogation techniques, Senator Sessions called waterboarding “absolutely improper and illegal.” The hearing was interrupted several times by protestors in the audience.